What in tarnation
Joined: Oct. 2017
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There's some issues in here...
STL is also in quite similar state than LA... Namely - not a playoff team. I don't think Quick and Martinez are worth 2 great top6 forward prospects, a mid tier goalie and adecent d-man with one year left + 2nd for a team that does not seem to be in the playoff race... You could try to fetch a deal close to that from a real playoff team.
Also DAL wouldn't do that. Carter would be a certain upgrade to the team, but considering his contract, I don't think it would be worth for Dallas to take that...
And that MTL trade. In my opinion, it's quite bad for LA. An AHL d-man with a horrible contract, two mediocre prospects and two firsts for a top line D in most teams? I think LA could do better than that.
However, that COL trade is really interesting though. With that salary retained, it'd be possible to do money-wise.